Picture-hanger



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1,312,903. Patented Aug. 12,1919.

InvenTor. Liborio G. Giqrdino WMWMW ATTya LIBORIO G. GIARDINO, OF GAMPELLO, MASSACHUSETTS.

PICTURE-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 12, 1919.

Application filed December 15, 1915. Serial No. 66,896.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LIBORIO G. GIARDINO, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Campello, county of Plymouth, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Picture-Hangers, of which the fol lowing description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like characters on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention relates to improvements in hangers for pictures and like articles and the object thereof is to provide a simple device which may be easily attached to a picture frame, plaque, or like article and which will suspend the same in such a manner that the picture will hang properly, that is to say, if the picture is rectangular in form the base of the picture will always remain in a horizontal position.

A further object of the invention is to provide a picture hanger of the character described which may be adjusted to give the picture any desired inclination.

A further object of the invention is to provide means whereby the suspending member of the picture hanger is adapted to engage a molding, a nail or other usual type of supporting device.

Other objects of the invention will more fully appear from the following description, the accompanying drawings, and will be pointed out in the annexed claims.

The drawings illustrate a preferred embodiment of my invention applied to a picture frame.

Figure 1 is an illustration of the picture- 3 and 4 preferably in the form of rods of equal length which are attached at their ends to screw eyes 5, 6 or other securing devices which are secured in the frame 1 at equal distances from the top of the frame and symmetrically in respect to the vertical axis of the frame.

The members 3 and 4: may conveniently be provided with hooks at the ends which may be laterally attached to the supporting memher and to the screw eyes or other anchoring device in the frame. The supporting device is preferably constructed of wire bent into circular form having its ends twisted together and bent to form a loop or hook 7, adapted to be engaged by the loop or hook shaped end 8 of a single flexible suspension rod 9 which is provided at its upper end with means for engaging a picture molding or other supporting means upon the walf. In the preferred form of the invention the upper end of the suspension member is bent into the form of a loop having divergent arms 10, 11 preferably connected by a substantially straight member 12 forming the base of an equilateral triangle of which the arms 10 and 11 are the sides.

The arms 10 and 11 are preferably bent to form a hook in which the member 12 will lie parallel to a plane passing through the arms 10 and 11, thus making a convenient angle which may be readily hooked over the picture molding. In order to adapt this hook for use upon nails as well as moldings the central portion of the member 12 may be offset to form a loop 13 as illustrated in Fig. 3 adapted to engage a picture nail 14.

The form of hanger above described is adapted to support the picture in proper position and since the single suspension member 9 lies in the vertical axial plane of, the picture if the picture is accidentally displaced it will tend immediately to return to the proper position thus avoiding the defects of the usual picture wires which are attached to the sides of the frame and slip upon the supporting hook or nail if the picture is displaced any considerable distance. Furthermore by reason of the fact that the members 3 and 4 are connected to the sides of the frame and flexibly connected to the supporting member the center of gravity of the picture will normally be maintained directly in the vertical plane of the suspension. member 9.

In order to adapt the hanger for supporting pictures at different inclinations so that the pictures may be properly inclined whether hung high or low I have provided a positioning means whereby the inclination of the picture may be readily adjusted.

connected to the supporting member 2 by a loop or hook 16, the body 17 of said member 'b eing bent back and forth upon itself into sinuous form, a cooperating adjustable connecting member 18 having a loop or hook 19 adapted to engage the horizontal portions of the sinuous body and provided at its opposite end with a hook 19 preferably bent at right angles to the body and which may be attached either to a screw eye 20 as illustrated in Fig. 1, or turned to embrace the bottom of the frame as illustrated in Fig. 2

When the member 18 is attached to a screw eye 20 the screw eye should of course be placed at a sufficient distance from the bottom of the picture so that when the picture is hung upon the wall the base of the picture will rest against the wall.

In using this picture hanger the members 3 and 4 will be attached to screw eyes placed well above the horizontal median plane of the picture so that the supporting member 2 will lie behind the frame just beneath the upper portion of the picture. The member 18 will thereupon be adjusted to approximately the proper position along the sinuous bed 17 of the member 15 and attached to the screw eye 20 or around the bottom of the frame as may be desired. The suspension meniber 9 will then be hooked over the molding or the picture nail and finally the hook 7 of the supporting member passed through the eye 8 at the bottom of the suspension member. If the inclination of the picture is improper it can be readily adjusted by detaching the connection between the member 18 and the frame and by twistingthe member backand forth caused to shortenor lengthen the effective length of the picture inclining members so that any desired adjustment may be readily obtained.

This device may also be used for suspending baskets and the like by so adjusting the Copies of this patent may be obtained for members 15 and 18 that their conjoint length is equal to the length of the members 3 and a and attaching the ends of said members at equal spaced distances upon the top or sides of the basket or other article to be suspended.

It will be understood that the term frame or picture frame is used herein in a generic manner to denote any device which may be suspended whether the same be a picture, plaque, mirror or other device suspended against the wall.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A hanger for pictures and like articles comprising a central supporting member, means for suspending the same, divergent members flexibly secured to said supporting member and adapted to be attached to the articles to be supported, a positioning member comprising a sinuous body portion: and an auxiliary member having at one end a loop adapted to engage the folds of the sinuous member and at its opposite end a hook adapted to engage the frame whereby the inclination of the article sustained may be adjusted.

2. A hanger for pictures and like articles comprising a central supporting ring, two laterally divergent members flexibly connected at their adjacent ends to said ring and provided at their remote ends with means adapted to be attached to the sides of the picture frame, an extensible intermediate positioning device comprising a member flexibly connected at one end to said ring and at the other end adjustably connected to a cooperating member having means adapted to be connected to the baseof said picture frame and a suspending member flexibly connected at one end to said ring and having means at its other end to engage a support upon the wall.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

LIBORIO Gr. GIARDINO.

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